A science blog that brings you closer to the world of geology! Featuring the "A Day in the GeoLife" and "GeoProject" guest blog series from geoscientists around the world.
NAME: Marco Knüver
TITLE: PhD Student
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Volcanology & Experimental Petrology. Short-term magma wall-rock interactions and their effects on eruption dynamics.
NAME: Joana Cardoso-Fernandes
CURRENT TITLE: Ph.D. Student (Geosciences, University of Porto, Portugal)
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geological exploration, Remote Sensing, Li mineralizations, Petrography, Geochemistry, Machine Learning
NAME: Dr. Gary Michelfelder
CURRENT TITLE: Associate Professor of Geology, Missouri State University
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Igneous Trace Element and Isotope Geochemistry/Volcanology
NAME: Indra Lamsal
CURRENT TITLE: Assistant Lecturer, Engineering Geologist
AREA OF EXPERTISE: karst investigation, geophysics, engineering, and mining geology
NAME: Dr. Marc K. Reichow
CURRENT TITLE: Lecturer in Igneous and Metamorphic Geochemistry
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Petrology, Geochemistry, Volcanology, Geochronology – my general interests focuses on the petrogenesis of large scale volcanism
NAME: Aidan Taylor
CURRENT TITLE: PhD Student
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Petrology, geochemistry, mineral resources
NAME: Dr. Eddie Dempsey
CURRENT TITLE: Lecturer in Structural Geology; Programme Director – Geology and GPG (geology with physical geography)
AREA OF EXPERTISE: I have a broad range of expertise within the field of Structural Geology – Field Mapping, Palaeoseismicity, Tectonics, Palaeostress analysis, Microstructural geology, EBSD, Re-Os geochronology of sulphides, U-Pb Geochronology (zircon & calcite)
NAME: Dr. Katie McFall
CURRENT TITLE: Postdoctoral Research Associate
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Economic Geology
Principal Geologist, Dr. Paul Giesting, shares his career and advice for students on the A Day in the GeoLife Series.
NAME: Aidan Martinez CURRENT TITLE: Environmental Geologist AREA OF EXPERTISE: Environmental Science YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 6 EDUCATION: Bsc Geology – University of Oslo; Msc – Geology – University of Oslo; Phd (In-view) – Environmental Geology – University of Oslo TWITTER: @Aimar0217 What’s your job like?…
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NAME: William D. Smith BIO: I undertook BSc (Hons) Geology at the University of Portsmouth, where my dissertation involved mapping and deciphering a remote and complex geological region in southeastern Brazil as a partnership with the Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. I…
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Geology of Cuba By Julie Zydek From March 18 to March 23, 2018, I visited Western Cuba with the Southeastern Geological Society (SEGS) to study outcrops and the geomorphology of the western part of the island. The geology of the Cuban…
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